Today's Pensions Commission interim report highlights that millions of us are heading towards later life without enough put aside.
Women, carers and self-employed people are being left furthest behind.
I've written about the Commission must do next.
ilcuk.org.uk/long-lives-s...
Women, carers and self-employed people are being left furthest behind.
I've written about the Commission must do next.
ilcuk.org.uk/long-lives-s...
Long lives, short changed - ILCUK
The word
ilcuk.org.uk
May 19, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Today's Pensions Commission interim report highlights that millions of us are heading towards later life without enough put aside.
Women, carers and self-employed people are being left furthest behind.
I've written about the Commission must do next.
ilcuk.org.uk/long-lives-s...
Women, carers and self-employed people are being left furthest behind.
I've written about the Commission must do next.
ilcuk.org.uk/long-lives-s...
Heres the link to my @ilcuk.bsky.social Greengross Lecture recording, slides, transcript and blog will be of interest to @andyburnham.bsky.social @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social @debbieabrahamsmp.bsky.social @damedianajohnson.bsky.social @laylamoran.bsky.social
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Greengross lecture 2026: How communities shape healthier, long lives - ILCUK
ILC event in London to celebrate the achievements of Baroness Sally Greengross, with Professor Kate Ardern as speaker.
ilcuk.org.uk
September 4, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Heres the link to my @ilcuk.bsky.social Greengross Lecture recording, slides, transcript and blog will be of interest to @andyburnham.bsky.social @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social @debbieabrahamsmp.bsky.social @damedianajohnson.bsky.social @laylamoran.bsky.social
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🚨 We’re hiring! Join ILC as our new Events and Communications Officer
📍London | 💼 Events, comms & global engagement
📅 Apply by 9am, Tues 22 July
Help us shape the conversation on longevity.
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📍London | 💼 Events, comms & global engagement
📅 Apply by 9am, Tues 22 July
Help us shape the conversation on longevity.
📄 Info & job pack: ilcuk.org.uk/we-are-recru...
#CommsJobs #EventsJobs #FutureOfAgeing #ILCUK
We are recruiting for an Events and Communications Officer - ILCUK
This is an exciting opportunity for a communications professional with experience in event delivery, stakeholder engagement and content creation to make a real impact.
ilcuk.org.uk
July 15, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🚨 We’re hiring! Join ILC as our new Events and Communications Officer
📍London | 💼 Events, comms & global engagement
📅 Apply by 9am, Tues 22 July
Help us shape the conversation on longevity.
📄 Info & job pack: ilcuk.org.uk/we-are-recru...
#CommsJobs #EventsJobs #FutureOfAgeing #ILCUK
📍London | 💼 Events, comms & global engagement
📅 Apply by 9am, Tues 22 July
Help us shape the conversation on longevity.
📄 Info & job pack: ilcuk.org.uk/we-are-recru...
#CommsJobs #EventsJobs #FutureOfAgeing #ILCUK
An important report from @ilcuk.bsky.social launched today @europarl.europa.eu on immunosenescence - delighted to have been involved as an expert contributor ilcuk.org.uk/supporting-o... one for @hpruezi.bsky.social @ukhsa.bsky.social @adphuk.bsky.social @lgawellbeing.bsky.social
Supporting our systems: Addressing immunosenescence and improving adult immunisation in Europe - ILCUK
Since 1960, Europe’s population has grown by 27%. Over the same period, the number of people aged 65 and over has increased by 181%.
ilcuk.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
An important report from @ilcuk.bsky.social launched today @europarl.europa.eu on immunosenescence - delighted to have been involved as an expert contributor ilcuk.org.uk/supporting-o... one for @hpruezi.bsky.social @ukhsa.bsky.social @adphuk.bsky.social @lgawellbeing.bsky.social
What age group volunteers most? What age is the most consistent runners. Does rain put off older or younger runners? I've written a blog about parkrun and age. ilcuk.org.uk/running-the-...
Running the numbers - ILCUK
David Sinclair explores what parkrun's age data tells us about physical activity, ageing and volunteering.
ilcuk.org.uk
June 25, 2026 at 8:15 PM
What age group volunteers most? What age is the most consistent runners. Does rain put off older or younger runners? I've written a blog about parkrun and age. ilcuk.org.uk/running-the-...
My new blog for International Longevity Centre discusses an implication of Census 2021 showing the England & Wales population had been overestimated by 300,000.
Death rates in the last decade were higher than previously thought, with almost no improvement in mortality.
ilcuk.org.uk/2021-census-...
Death rates in the last decade were higher than previously thought, with almost no improvement in mortality.
ilcuk.org.uk/2021-census-...
Guest Blog: 2021 Census indicates little improvement in mortality in the last decade - ILCUK
Actuarial experts at LCP explain the implications of the ONS population overestimates on mortality rates and what it means for life expectancy
ilcuk.org.uk
December 6, 2023 at 1:56 PM
My new blog for International Longevity Centre discusses an implication of Census 2021 showing the England & Wales population had been overestimated by 300,000.
Death rates in the last decade were higher than previously thought, with almost no improvement in mortality.
ilcuk.org.uk/2021-census-...
Death rates in the last decade were higher than previously thought, with almost no improvement in mortality.
ilcuk.org.uk/2021-census-...
Stigma and “stiff-upper lips” are preventing too many people from seeking support for serious mental health conditions
ilcuk.org.uk/stigma-and-s... via @ilcuk.bsky.social
ilcuk.org.uk/stigma-and-s... via @ilcuk.bsky.social
Stigma and “stiff-upper lips” are preventing too many people from seeking support for serious mental health conditions - ILCUK
New ILC research shows that too many people - particularly older adults - are unlikely to seek help for serious mental health conditions.
ilcuk.org.uk
February 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Stigma and “stiff-upper lips” are preventing too many people from seeking support for serious mental health conditions
ilcuk.org.uk/stigma-and-s... via @ilcuk.bsky.social
ilcuk.org.uk/stigma-and-s... via @ilcuk.bsky.social
And to David Sinclair’s blog ilcuk.org.uk/communities-...
Expert on tap, not expert on top - ILCUK
With the new Prime Minister staking his reputation on giving power back to places, at the Greengross Lecture 2026 Professor Kate Ardern brought a practitioner's account of what happens when you hand p...
ilcuk.org.uk
September 21, 2026 at 7:02 AM
And to David Sinclair’s blog ilcuk.org.uk/communities-...
ILCUK works with national and local govt. and globally with orgs inc. G20, WEF & OECD to help societies adapt to demographic change. This work has never mattered more.
June 2, 2025 at 12:17 PM
ILCUK works with national and local govt. and globally with orgs inc. G20, WEF & OECD to help societies adapt to demographic change. This work has never mattered more.
Its the other way around. With low birth rates, an aging (and ailing) population and growing retiree-to-worker ratios, the UK's welfare state is increasingly dependent on immigration and immigrants.
ilcuk.org.uk/ageing-popul...
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The UK and other ageing populations will have to increase their state pension age to 71 by 2050 to maintain the number of workers per retiree - ILCUK
The UK and other ageing populations will have to increase their state pension age to 71 by 2050 to maintain the number of workers per retiree.
ilcuk.org.uk
June 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Its the other way around. With low birth rates, an aging (and ailing) population and growing retiree-to-worker ratios, the UK's welfare state is increasingly dependent on immigration and immigrants.
ilcuk.org.uk/ageing-popul...
ilcuk.org.uk/ageing-popul...
This summer the BBC’s long-wave signal fell silent after 92 years. The last GAME stores closed their doors. And GTA VI went on sale without a physical disc. A new Prime Minister arrived in Downing Street promising a “circuit breaker”. How do we better plan for change? ilcuk.org.uk/pop-the-cap/
Pop the cap - ILCUK
This summer the BBC's long-wave signal fell silent after nearly 92 years. The last GAME stores closed their doors. And GTA VI went on sale without a physical disc. At the same moment, a new Prime Mini...
ilcuk.org.uk
July 27, 2026 at 10:20 AM
This summer the BBC’s long-wave signal fell silent after 92 years. The last GAME stores closed their doors. And GTA VI went on sale without a physical disc. A new Prime Minister arrived in Downing Street promising a “circuit breaker”. How do we better plan for change? ilcuk.org.uk/pop-the-cap/
Very concerning. Zooming out the trend is a global one with the world's population spending an average of 7 fewer months in good health.
ilcuk.org.uk/preventionin...
ilcuk.org.uk/preventionin...
Index Insights - ILCUK
ilcuk.org.uk
December 12, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Very concerning. Zooming out the trend is a global one with the world's population spending an average of 7 fewer months in good health.
ilcuk.org.uk/preventionin...
ilcuk.org.uk/preventionin...
The question this King’s Speech poses – even if it does not intend to – is whether governments are capable of thinking in the long-term demographic timescales that the challenge demands.
The answer, on today’s evidence, is: not yet. ilcuk.org.uk/the-kings-sp...
The answer, on today’s evidence, is: not yet. ilcuk.org.uk/the-kings-sp...
The King's Speech 2026: does the government understand demographic change? - ILCUK
The word "ageing" does not appear once in today's King's Speech briefing notes – yet demographic change is the single most predictable force reshaping Britain's public services, economy and society ov...
ilcuk.org.uk
May 13, 2026 at 6:21 PM
The question this King’s Speech poses – even if it does not intend to – is whether governments are capable of thinking in the long-term demographic timescales that the challenge demands.
The answer, on today’s evidence, is: not yet. ilcuk.org.uk/the-kings-sp...
The answer, on today’s evidence, is: not yet. ilcuk.org.uk/the-kings-sp...
AI explained my blood test results more clearly than my GP.
If AI can already deliver clearer, more personalised health and financial information than some professionals, what does that mean for the future of advice?
ilcuk.org.uk/my-ai-doctor...
If AI can already deliver clearer, more personalised health and financial information than some professionals, what does that mean for the future of advice?
ilcuk.org.uk/my-ai-doctor...
My cholesterol, my AI doctor and the future of expert advice - ILCUK
A borderline cholesterol result, an NHS app notification with no follow-up, and an AI that explained his blood test results more clearly than his GP. Drawing on ILC's research on functional foods, fin...
ilcuk.org.uk
May 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
AI explained my blood test results more clearly than my GP.
If AI can already deliver clearer, more personalised health and financial information than some professionals, what does that mean for the future of advice?
ilcuk.org.uk/my-ai-doctor...
If AI can already deliver clearer, more personalised health and financial information than some professionals, what does that mean for the future of advice?
ilcuk.org.uk/my-ai-doctor...
Thoughtful and from my perspective humbling blog from @ilcuk.bsky.social ceo David Sinclair about my delivery of the third Greengross Lecture .. it was an honour and privilege to be asked. The lecture was recorded & will be available on @ilcuk.bsky.social website shortly ilcuk.org.uk/communities-...
Expert on tap, not expert on top - ILCUK
With the new Prime Minister staking his reputation on giving power back to places, at the Greengross Lecture 2026 Professor Kate Ardern brought a practitioner's account of what happens when you hand p...
ilcuk.org.uk
September 3, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Thoughtful and from my perspective humbling blog from @ilcuk.bsky.social ceo David Sinclair about my delivery of the third Greengross Lecture .. it was an honour and privilege to be asked. The lecture was recorded & will be available on @ilcuk.bsky.social website shortly ilcuk.org.uk/communities-...
Sadly I'm not in Geneva for the World Health Assembly. But @ilcuk.bsky.social is hosting an event. We've 130 people registered to join us in the room but you can join me online. Join to lean how we are using our PreventionIndex.org to help improve policy. ilcuk.org.uk/building-a-h...
Building a healthier society fit for the future – annual launch of the Healthy Ageing and Prevention Index 2025 alongside the 78th World Health Assembly - ILCUK
ILC's Healthy Ageing and Prevention Index second wave will be launched alongside the 77th World Health Assembly, in Geneva.
ilcuk.org.uk
May 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Sadly I'm not in Geneva for the World Health Assembly. But @ilcuk.bsky.social is hosting an event. We've 130 people registered to join us in the room but you can join me online. Join to lean how we are using our PreventionIndex.org to help improve policy. ilcuk.org.uk/building-a-h...
Decided to write about McDonald's ilcuk.org.uk/adult-happy-...
November 23, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Decided to write about McDonald's ilcuk.org.uk/adult-happy-...
You can read the piece for @ilcuk.bsky.social here: ilcuk.org.uk/spending-rev...
Spending review 2025 – how the Chancellor might signal progress - ILCUK
ILC’s Deputy Chief Executive, Ben Franklin, reflects on what is needed in the Spending Review to show the Government is serious about tackling the challenges – and seizing the opportunities – of an ag...
ilcuk.org.uk
June 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
You can read the piece for @ilcuk.bsky.social here: ilcuk.org.uk/spending-rev...
We @ilcuk.bsky.social are recruiting for an Events and Communications Officer. Please do share/apply. ilcuk.org.uk/we-are-recru...
We are recruiting for an Events and Communications Officer - ILCUK
This is an exciting opportunity for a communications professional with experience in event delivery, stakeholder engagement and content creation to make a real impact.
ilcuk.org.uk
July 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We @ilcuk.bsky.social are recruiting for an Events and Communications Officer. Please do share/apply. ilcuk.org.uk/we-are-recru...
Spot on Joe👍 the recent @ilcuk.bsky.social report on Immunosenescence similarly reinforces that message ilcuk.org.uk/supporting-o... and yes I was one of the experts consulted & quoted.
Supporting our systems: Addressing immunosenescence and improving adult immunisation in Europe - ILCUK
Since 1960, Europe’s population has grown by 27%. Over the same period, the number of people aged 65 and over has increased by 181%.
ilcuk.org.uk
April 20, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Spot on Joe👍 the recent @ilcuk.bsky.social report on Immunosenescence similarly reinforces that message ilcuk.org.uk/supporting-o... and yes I was one of the experts consulted & quoted.
Speaking at this on Thursday with @dancesing.bsky.social ilcuk.org.uk/future-of-ag... in Breakout sessions: 4. Supporting longevity through engagement, evidenced based digital physical activity and wellbeing: danceSing @stir.ac.uk
Future of Ageing 2026: Acting now - delivering longer, better lives for all - ILCUK
Future of Ageing 2026 brings together policymakers, business leaders and experts to discuss acting now for longer, better lives.
ilcuk.org.uk
March 3, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Speaking at this on Thursday with @dancesing.bsky.social ilcuk.org.uk/future-of-ag... in Breakout sessions: 4. Supporting longevity through engagement, evidenced based digital physical activity and wellbeing: danceSing @stir.ac.uk
England could win the (mens) World Cup. According to @ilcuk.bsky.social analysis. The best teams combine experience and age. And England is up there with a good mixed squad. ilcuk.org.uk/what-wins-wo...
What wins World Cups: youth, experience or money? - ILCUK
ILC’s Senior Communications & Engagement Manager, Emily Evans, reflects on the latest Government proposals for eye tests for drivers over 70
ilcuk.org.uk
June 8, 2026 at 8:19 AM
England could win the (mens) World Cup. According to @ilcuk.bsky.social analysis. The best teams combine experience and age. And England is up there with a good mixed squad. ilcuk.org.uk/what-wins-wo...
Policy alert: Towards a new vision for social care: policy solutions for an ageing population, ilcuk.org.uk/new-vision-s...
Towards a new vision for social care: policy solutions for an ageing population - ILCUK
The UK is ageing fast. By 2040, nearly one in four people will be over 65, and one in seven will be over 75. At the same time, demand for care is soaring. The result is growing pressure on families, d...
ilcuk.org.uk
September 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Policy alert: Towards a new vision for social care: policy solutions for an ageing population, ilcuk.org.uk/new-vision-s...